Perennial herbaceous legumes as live soil mulches and their effects on C, N and P of the microbial biomass Leguminosas herbáceas perenes como cobertura viva do solo e seu efeito no C, N e P da biomassa microbiana

The use of living mulch with legumes is increasing but the impact of this management technique on the soil microbial pool is not well known. In this work, the effect of different live mulches was evaluated in relation to the C, N and P pools of the microbial biomass, in a Typic Alfisol of Seropédica...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Pereira Duda, José Guilherme Marinho Guerra, Marcela Teixeira Monteiro, Helvécio De-Polli, Marcelo Grandi Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2003-02-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162003000100021